Major presentation and paper
- Topic choice and one-page outline: due October 7th.
- Presentation: about 15-20 minutes. Due November 18 or 25.
- Paper: about 3,000 – 4,000 words. (7-10 pages, single-spaced). Due December 2nd
Topic: choose from the topics below, or choose your own topic (but please check with the professor first). One approach would be to consider the past, present, and future of one of the following topics.
- the scholarly journal
- the scholarly article
- open access to scholarly information
- research data
- emerging forms of scholarly communication (blogs, wikis, etc.)
- the thesis
- the scholarly book
- peer review
- scholarly publishing:
- society publishers
- commercial publishers
- academic publishers
- library as publisher
- scholarly communication and librarians or archivists
- economics of scholarly communication
- historical primary data
- library collections or services
- preservation of scholarly information
- scholarly communications in any of the following fields, or choose a specific discipline:
- humanities
- social sciences
- pure sciences
- applied sciences
Marks (% of total mark)
1-page outline: 5%
Class presentation: 20%
Major paper: 30%
LIBR559L: Issues in Scholarly Communication and Publishing, Fall 2009
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/COURSES/syllabi/09-10-wt1/l559L.htm
Instructor: Heather Morrison hgmorris@gmail.com
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